The Titan King

Ecosystem Under Attack

After Dagon and Gojira's death, it didn't take long for the Great Valley and the Ecosystem to fall into complete anarchy. Once the M.U.T.O.s fully moved in and integrated with the subjects, the air grew increasingly thick with the tension as they began decimating the Kingdom. It started out small at first, with the parasites picking off sickly Titans from the population, but soon, they moved to bigger prey. Healthier prey. Eos could only wince as she witnessed a pack of them rip down a lone Methuselah and her young, with their howls echoing through the pass. She shed a tear, she felt so powerless in the face of this. Watching this madness...she felt as if their blood was on her hands. If Dagon was here, he would chase them out with no problem with a mighty blast of his Atomic Breath, dethrone Ghidorah and take back the Ecosystem single handedly, but he was gone...and a part of her felt as if that was her fault too.

Her husband and her baby boy...she couldn't help but blame herself.

"Eos, honey..." A voice spoke from behind, "It's madness out there..."

The Queen let out a light sigh, and with a wipe of her tears with her hand, slowly turned to Rhea and Mothra who rested in the royal den behind her. "I know..." She muttered, refusing to look the Divine Moth and her Larva in the eye.

"Someone needs to step up and do something!" Rhea continued, "Ghidorah's little friends are ravaging this Kingdom dry, and they've only been in power for a week!" She snorted, pulling her child closer to her with a leg. "I don't want anything to happen to Mothra before she cocoons..."

"I know, Rhea..." Eos sighed, slowly looking up at them. "I-I can try to talk to them once they come back. I agree that this cannot continue." She took in a breath to gain her composure, and smiled warmly down at them. "I promise...I will not let anything happen to either of you. You have my word."

The Moth cooed, nuzzling against the Queen's leg. "I know. You will always be our Queen...no matter what happens."

"Your Majesty!" Caelus rung out, landing from the sky. When he landed before Eos, he bowed elegantly, closing his eyes slowly. "I have honored your request, and have returned from my rounds of the Ecosystem."

"Oh thank goodness, Caelus," She sighed in relief, turning to the Rodan. "What's the report?"

"I'm afraid I do not have the best of news..." He spoke, slowly standing back up on his feet. He cleared his throat, and looked the Queen in her eyes in respect, and began to speak. The Ecosystem, while holding strong, was beginning to become weak. Many of the Titans that lived under Dagon's rules were becoming a bit hesitant on a new king, but were holding out hope that things will get better as the years pass. However, the M.U.T.O. infestation was beginning to hurt the morale of the followers, and the murderous unchecked rampage was becoming a major problem to the herding Titans, and without a proper facilitating system, Caelus was sure that the Valley was headed towards collapse.

Eos's eyes fluttered closed, as she turned towards her Kingdom in regret. "Dagon wouldn't want to see the Kingdom like this..." As much as she hated to admit it, Ghidorah was the only hope for the Kingdom. Even though it's his fault that those creatures are ripping apart the subjects, perhaps, with enough of a warm talking-to, he would reconsider letting them run amok. She swallowed her pride, as she saw the three headed silhouette slowly glide over the Den's entrance and to the high peaks in the mountains above. "They're back."

"Your Majesty, please be careful," Caelus softly spoke, grabbing her hand with one of his own. "King Ghidorah does not strike me as the listening type..."

"I know, Caelus," She replied, "As much as I do not like the direction that the Valley is headed in, I must follow the rules that the Great Alphas put in place. I cannot change anything without the King's input first."

"He's not much of a King, though, is he?" Rhea snarkily replied, prompting a small laugh from Eos as she turned to walk to the Peaks. "But, Caelus is right...you need to be very careful around them."

She nodded a bit, but spoke with bass behind her voice. "I am not afraid of them, and neither should any of you. I shall return once our conversation has ended." With a turn of her head, she began to walk, slowly pacing out of the Den with a slow sway of her tail. Mothra squirmed underneath her Mother, slowly looking up at her with big eyes,

"Mom...are we gonna be okay...?"

She choked up a bit, but sighed. It was best to tell her the truth instead of living in a lie...with great reluctance, she replied with a heavy "I hope so, baby..." as she watched the Queen disappear behind a rocky incline.

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Ghidorah rested on his peak, with Kevin messily gnawing on a massive femur. Ni growled hellishly at the drooling head, eager to snap that bone clear from his jaws, but Ichi, with a long grin across his face, watched the sun set in the distance over the Valley. His brothers turned once they heard heavy footsteps come into their cave, but Ichi, with a glimmer in his eye, spoke quietly.

"Sit, my Queen."

Eos scoffed a bit with a raised lip, but took a breath, keeping her claws to her side. "Just because I am the Queen, doesn't make me your Queen." She stood as straight as a tree, keeping her tail straight as she spoke in a monotone demeanor. "I am simply Queen of the Ecosystem, nothing more, and nothing less."

"Ah, yes." The middle head laughed lightly, not taking his eyes off of the bright orange sun. "Still loyal to Dagon I see. It would be better for all of us if you moved on...and it would make our time here in the Valley much more pleasant. Sit, enjoy this time with your new King."

"Dagon is my husband, and he always will be. Even though he's with the Great Alphas, he's-"

Ni hissed, snapping at Eos with his powerful jaws. "Do not ever mention that name in our presence again." He growled lowly, staring Eos in the eye with irises as red as the deepest pit of the Hollow Earth. "Now sit, and be happy."

Eos was reluctant, but decided to follow directions, choosing to lie on the ground next to Ghidorah. She didn't look him the eye, deciding to watch the sun set herself.

"...Beautiful, isn't it." Ichi spoke, "The sun setting on the Kingdom that we own. No matter what we want, we can bring it to fruition. It's magical."

"Except, it isn't." Eos said with a clear of her throat. "Ghidorah, your M.U.T.O.s are decimating the land day after day. You must step up and do something before it is too late. Without subjects, there is no Kingdom to rule."

"Very true...very very true." Ichi nodded with a curved brow. "However, through reasons that I cannot disclose, we will allow them to do whatever they want."

Her heart sank at the sound of that response, with her posture shifting slightly afterwards. "What?!"

"We don't need a reason. We're the King, and as King, we're allowing our less fortunate friends to reap the benefits." Ichi answered, with a wicked grin forming on his face. "Besides...I heard the past King talking to your son...'a true King searches for what he can give, and not what he can take' and all that..." He chuckled deeply, curving his long neck to look Eos in her eyes. "Consider this me giving to the unfortunate."

"You misunderstood that..." She scoffed, raising her voice, "A true king looks out for all walks of life...caring for everyone, and not just himself. What you're running isn't a Kingdom...it's a Dictatorship."

A frown developed on both Ichi and Ni's snouts, while Kevin was too busy with his bone marrow to entertain the statement. "Our word is law, and it isn't going to change. I suggest you find a way to adapt and overcome...unless you want to be on their menu next."

Eos stayed silent, trying her best to keep her calm and motherly demeanor. Ichi smirked tauntingly, and turned back to the sunset with his brother with a flick of his snake-like tongue. He cleared his throat in a dominant demeanor, before smiling.

"Now, enjoy the sunset."